11 April, 2009

Melinda, another submission for our New Directions 09 show, is a Seattle photographer with a quirky, creative eye.

Her use of color, pattern, texture, and the intentional placement of insects create a visual structure that I keep going back to and wondering where did that come from?

about Melissa - Melinda received her Bachelor’s degree from Pacific Northwest College of Art, and earned her Master’s degree From the Savannah College of Art and Design. Melinda Hurst Frye has worked professionally in the field of photography, shooting everything from editorial work to medical imagery. In addition, Melinda is an accomplished photographic artist, exhibiting her work both locally and nationally.

10 April, 2009

I have watched Brea Souders over the last few years, her images are interesting, creative and thoughtful. She was recently highlighted by Dan Cooney and his Emerging Artists Auction group, and I see her continuing to grow and make a place for herself in photography. She is completing a Darkroom Residency at the Camera Club of New York, and has recently been part of Pause to Begin in Rochester, NY and at Katzen Museum in Washington DC, part of Washington Project for the Arts

I look forward to her future photographic contributions.

about Brea and her visual stories - The photographs in this series are interpretations of superstitions that I have collected from various sources, including old texts, internet forums and word of mouth.

I’m interested in the way superstitions reflect the human urge for story telling and our need for control in an uncertain world. They act as portals to a childhood sensibility, and can transform an ordinary scene into a mysterious tableau, rich with new meaning. While researching this project, I found that superstitions morph from place to place, but certain themes remain constant. I became interested in what these themes can tell us about our fears and desires, and how they shape our psychology from an early age. Using both meditated and candid photography, I look to capture the whimsy and tension that superstitions evoke in us, and to illuminate the scope of our collective imaginings.

09 April, 2009

I was introduced to Shauna Doyle Hammond last year when she was selected for our New Directions 08 show. I loved the strong structural lines, play with light, and great scale of her architectural work. I have since found a number of artists exploring this topic, and I think she was ahead of the curve and at the top of the class. Take a look.

about Shauna -Shauna Doyle Hammond is a Seattle-born photographer currently based in New York. She earned her MFA in 2007 at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and has a BA in Art History from UCLA. Her most recent series, Nightfall, encompasses urban landscapes where commonplace subjects gain a heightened sense of mystery at night. Using only available light, trees are quietly illuminated in the darkness and the strange beauty of concrete is transformed into something otherworldly. Her upcoming work builds upon these themes, focusing on urban development and its impact on the neighborhoods of New York’s five boroughs.

11 April, 2009

Melinda, another submission for our New Directions 09 show, is a Seattle photographer with a quirky, creative eye.

Her use of color, pattern, texture, and the intentional placement of insects create a visual structure that I keep going back to and wondering where did that come from?

about Melissa - Melinda received her Bachelor’s degree from Pacific Northwest College of Art, and earned her Master’s degree From the Savannah College of Art and Design. Melinda Hurst Frye has worked professionally in the field of photography, shooting everything from editorial work to medical imagery. In addition, Melinda is an accomplished photographic artist, exhibiting her work both locally and nationally.

10 April, 2009

I have watched Brea Souders over the last few years, her images are interesting, creative and thoughtful. She was recently highlighted by Dan Cooney and his Emerging Artists Auction group, and I see her continuing to grow and make a place for herself in photography. She is completing a Darkroom Residency at the Camera Club of New York, and has recently been part of Pause to Begin in Rochester, NY and at Katzen Museum in Washington DC, part of Washington Project for the Arts

I look forward to her future photographic contributions.

about Brea and her visual stories - The photographs in this series are interpretations of superstitions that I have collected from various sources, including old texts, internet forums and word of mouth.

I’m interested in the way superstitions reflect the human urge for story telling and our need for control in an uncertain world. They act as portals to a childhood sensibility, and can transform an ordinary scene into a mysterious tableau, rich with new meaning. While researching this project, I found that superstitions morph from place to place, but certain themes remain constant. I became interested in what these themes can tell us about our fears and desires, and how they shape our psychology from an early age. Using both meditated and candid photography, I look to capture the whimsy and tension that superstitions evoke in us, and to illuminate the scope of our collective imaginings.

09 April, 2009

I was introduced to Shauna Doyle Hammond last year when she was selected for our New Directions 08 show. I loved the strong structural lines, play with light, and great scale of her architectural work. I have since found a number of artists exploring this topic, and I think she was ahead of the curve and at the top of the class. Take a look.

about Shauna -Shauna Doyle Hammond is a Seattle-born photographer currently based in New York. She earned her MFA in 2007 at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and has a BA in Art History from UCLA. Her most recent series, Nightfall, encompasses urban landscapes where commonplace subjects gain a heightened sense of mystery at night. Using only available light, trees are quietly illuminated in the darkness and the strange beauty of concrete is transformed into something otherworldly. Her upcoming work builds upon these themes, focusing on urban development and its impact on the neighborhoods of New York’s five boroughs.